DarrkTeddy
Civic Newbie
Hey all.
I just got a 91 Civic DX; mostly stock with a decent exhaust and crappy homemade cold air intake. My cousin just gave the car to me. Basically he beat the crap out of it and then let it sit for 2 months with no radiator in it. He also gave me a set of coil-over springs for it as well.
So I got it home yesterday and got a radiator in today. I was having some problems getting it started so i pulled the plugs to see the head filled halfway full of oil where the plugs usually sit. I took them all out used some parts cleaner and cleaned everything up and she started up after a little convincing with starting fluid.
After all that, here's my question: what does it usually mean when there's that much oil sitting with those plugs? Valve cover seal? head gasket? I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks.
I just got a 91 Civic DX; mostly stock with a decent exhaust and crappy homemade cold air intake. My cousin just gave the car to me. Basically he beat the crap out of it and then let it sit for 2 months with no radiator in it. He also gave me a set of coil-over springs for it as well.
So I got it home yesterday and got a radiator in today. I was having some problems getting it started so i pulled the plugs to see the head filled halfway full of oil where the plugs usually sit. I took them all out used some parts cleaner and cleaned everything up and she started up after a little convincing with starting fluid.
After all that, here's my question: what does it usually mean when there's that much oil sitting with those plugs? Valve cover seal? head gasket? I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks.